CenteredGirl
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Today I was riding the train to work and a sista with a couple of little girls boarded. They were cute as buttons, about 5 and 7 years old and they wore their shiny, healthy long hair is well manicured pigtails. It took me back to my childhood and I realized my hair was pretty long back then. When I got to high school, I started doing it myself and it started to break off and get dry.
I thought I'd share this thread because there is a lot to learn from the way our mommas/aunties took care of our hair. These methods were inexpensive and *gasp* they worked. Feel free to add to the list:
On the other hand, there is a lot to learn from old school methods. Just trying to keep things in perspective.
I thought I'd share this thread because there is a lot to learn from the way our mommas/aunties took care of our hair. These methods were inexpensive and *gasp* they worked. Feel free to add to the list:
- Exclusively protective styles during the day. Pony tails in number from 2 to infinity were the doo of the day. Each adorned with pretty bows or baubbles.
- Hair washed every week, combed out into little bantu knots to dry overnight.
- Hair pressed a day after wash day, with lots of grease (Hey remember petroleum based pressing grease? it worked back then *gasp*)
- At night, hair put up in a protective style and a scarf tightly wrapped around our little heads. No scarf on the pillow in the morning!
- God forbid we had the opportunity to really show hair length. I never remember wearing my hair down!
On the other hand, there is a lot to learn from old school methods. Just trying to keep things in perspective.